Tuesday, May 2, 2017

RIP Pierre Gaspard-Huit

French filmmaker Pierre Gaspard-Huit died in Paris on May
1, 2017 he was 99. Born Jean Michel Pierre Gaspard Huit on November 29, 1917
inLibourne, France He directed the 1963
film “Shéhérazade”, which starred Anna Karina. He married to actress Claudine
Auger from when she was 18, and he was 43 years old. The couple were married
todecade from 1959-1969. She acted in
several of his films. He was a director and screenwriter on The Leatherstocking
TV series of 1969.

About Me

Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.